Smashing Magazine Needs our Help
Posted on March 24th, 2010 by Dustin Hansen
Smashing Darling, How Are You?
Most anyone who's been a web designer has at the very least heard of Smashing Magazine. If you happen to be an avid reader of theirs, I'm sure you are aware of the dire situation they currently face. I am among those of you who have read the amazing, and informative articles they post on a near daily (if not daily) basis. They spend a lot of money, and have invested a lot of time to bring us content that consistently helps us, as a community, to hone our skills, and become better designers.
I'm Bringing Giving Back, Back.
It's time we give back. Smashing may be in a situation where they are forced to reduce the number of articles they write, a travesty for us in the community as far as I am concerned, or consider other alternatives; none of which I believe will be all that beneficial to any of us. So how can we best help, you ask? From their article on the topic:
What happened here today, on the Smashing Magazine’s website? Well, here is the thing: we need your help. Only sound financial conditions can guarantee the steady stream of high quality content which you are used to on Smashing Magazine. Today we need your financial support. Please help us by buying our new eBook "Professional Web Design".
An eBook for Us All
The eBook is a selection of the best articles from Smashing's amazing archive written on the topic of professional web design. The book includes different guidelines for professional web development from communicating with clients, creating a successful portfolio, to tips on designing user interfaces for business web applications. I've secure my copy, and I suggest you do the same to help preserve a wonderful resource that I'm sure many of us have used at one time or another. This doesn't just help Smashing Magazine itself, but the countless authors in our industry as well that rely on websites such as Smashing to provide a venue such as they have.
Thank you.